Paranoia - Just a Tad! - Page 2

Portabella · #11 11-06-2007, 04:09 AM

I can recognize some triggers and remove myself from the situation, most times politely, sometimes not as politely, but still remove myself. I really don't care what people think or say, they never walked in my shoes and yes sometimes I make an ass out of myself and hurt some feelings, but Que sera sera. It would sure beat me sticking around and wigging out and possibley getting volitile. Also....there are times that the trigger happens too fast to remove myself and then it can turn into a pissing match, I hate when that happens and I usually beat my own ass mentally afterward for allowing someone to ellicit such a response out of me that I compromise my own integrity. I hope this makes some sense.

Monarch · #12 11-06-2007, 11:02 AM

I can't talk afterward either and I had a hard time explaining it to my therapist, it is really hard to understand unless you have had one. Triggers are hard, I am getting to know my triggers, listing them out is good for me. I have gotten in a few pissing matches myself and I am realizing it is totally not worth it, those people will never see it my way.

cactus_jack · #13 11-06-2007, 07:56 PM

For me there aren't very many triggers. It either happens or it don't. Keeping busy certainly helps. Physically is best, but mentally is good, too. And because of that many counselors have told me it's a figment of my over-active imagination. Even those that recognizedit exists. That's about like being in a shipwreck in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Here they are, swimming with sharks circling around, and they're telling the rest of the survivors, all as wet and ready to eat, that the water is a figment of their over-active imagination. There ya go. Just might work until the first bite. Or in my case, the flashbacks return.